The collected works of Lana Brindley: writer, speaker, blogger

An exit, and an entrance

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts
— ‘As You Like It’, Shakespeare

It is not often that you have to make a choice between an amazing job, and another amazing job. But, after six years with Red Hat, I have decided to take up a new position with Rackspace, effective 28 October.

I have grown up with Red Hat, in particular the Australian writing team, and in many ways the person I am today has been shaped by the people and the culture here in the Brisbane office. I am sad to be leaving, but I take a little piece of that crimson fedora with me. To all my friends and colleagues at Red Hat: keep up the great work, keep innovating, and know that there are Red Hat alumni out there, cheering you on from the sidelines.

To anyone who is considering embarking on a technical writing career, or expanding their tech writing horizons, consider joining the team at Red Hat. They’re doing groundbreaking work, they’re doing it out in the open, and they’re having a huge amount of fun as they do it.

I’ll be blogging a lot more in my new role, so please stay tuned as this site gets a bit of a nip and a tuck, and before long you’ll start seeing a lot more from me.

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Who wrote all this stuff?

All writing on this blog is the work of Lana Brindley and does not necessarily reflect the view of Rackspace, OpenStack, or any other group with which I am affiliated, except where I have used direct quotes (which are attributed to the original authors where possible). All images were either taken by me, shared under their individual licencing requirements, or obtained as stock photography.